WOODBURY, ERI D. - Medal of Honor Recipient

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864.

Entered service at: St.
Johnsbury, Vt.

Birth: Francistown, N.H.

Date of issue: 26 October 1864.

Citation: During the regiment's charge when the enemy was in retreat Sgt.
Woodbury encountered 4 Confederate infantrymen retreating. He drew his
saber and ordered them to surrender, overcoming by his determined actions
their willingness to further resist. They surrendered to him together with
their rifles and 12th North Carolina (C.S.A.) regimental flag.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)